Concerned citizens walk past Crystal Pier on Jan. 27 on their way up Garnet Avenue to get their message out to the public and San Diego city officials regarding what they said is an oversaturation of liquor licenses in Pacific Beach and drunken behavior outside local taverns. Photo by Don Balch I Beach & Bay ...
Man Had Just Got Out Of Taxi, Hit By Toyota Yaris, Police Say SAN DIEGO — A 28-year-old man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident in Pacific Beach early Friday, police said. The man was struck while crossing Grand Avenue near Lamont Street just before 1:30 a.m., according to San Diego police Officer David ...
Hit and Run, Injuries and Deaths, Taxi CabsSee the video SAN DIEGO — A Pacific Beach resident told 10News on Tuesday he has proof that too much easy alcohol is making his beach community one of the most crime-ridden areas in San Diego. In September, a man was stabbed in Pacific Beach. Less than a week later in the same area, a ...
Alcohol Licensees, SolutionsThis is a letter to the editor in response to the article by former Superior Court Judge Larry Sterling on Thursday October 27, 2011 San Diego’s Continuing Taxi Cab Scandal: Is it the same people who justify subsidizing pharmaceutical companies, international banks and oil refineries also support our taxi-medallion system? Talk about anti-business. How many ...
Taxi CabsThis afternoon KPBS Radio featured a story on the PB Planning Group’s report on the alcohol licensing and CUP issues. Todd Brown of Bub’s Dive Bar and Jennifer Hill from the ABC were also interviewed. Click here to listen to the audio of the interview which lasts approximately ten minutes. And click here for a ...
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News reel courtesy Fox5 News A San Diego police officer was taken to the hospital by ambulance at approximately 2am this morning after his patrol car was struck from behind by a DUI driver. The DUI driver was interviewed and given field sobriety tests and after failing, was arrested. At the time of this post ...
Here is a report of the new 2010 US Census compared to 2000 numbers in various categories. My goal was to learn more about our demographics insofar as age groups, family orientation and housing. Also, for the researchers out there, here’s a workbook with individual year data with more detail. There are interesting shifts showing ...
Commentary, Demographic Balance, Life in PB, Solutions
The Pacific Beach Planning Group approved by a vote of 11-5 with one abstention, to submit a report their Alcohol License Review Committee (ALRC), conducted over the last two years, to the city. This report concluded that City of San Diego needs to take control over it’s alcohol licensing issues – perceived by many to ...
Last Night in Pacific Beach Eight Days of Pacific Beach Nightlife Video prompts Proposed Permit for PB Bars and Restaurants Hit and Run Driver Hits Pedestrian Thanksgiving Evening Driver Crashes over Cliff on Riviera Drive Floatopia 1 2 Planning Group Discusses CUP Other PB related films: Corvette Driven Into Ocean Drunk found on bathroom floor ...
PB in the Media, Solutions, The ProblemsFrom a reader: Not surprising you didn’t post this article to your web site. It doesn’t help your cause. http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/data-drive/article_11d044a6-b33e-11e0-b0ea-001cc4c03286.html It mentions the East Village in downtown SD as an area where alcohol related crime has increased significantly. Didn’t I hear at a PB Planning Committee meeting that downtown SD has a CUP in effect? ...
Alcohol Licensees, Business District, Commentary, Crime and Safety, CUP/DAOA group of Pacific Beach residents has not given up trying to convince City Hall to impose added regulations on late-night bars and restaurants. But some of the most vocal supporters said the effort is meeting new resistance. “There’s a lot of pushback from bar owners and their employees,” said Scott Chipman, member of the ...
Bars and Restaurants, CUP/DAO, PB in SD MediaNearly 60 people cleaned up the shoreline, streets and sidewalks in Pacific Beach Tuesday to erase tickets for minor infractions. Gina Coburn of the City Attorney’s Office said 56 people took part in the “Instant Justice” program. In exchange for five hours of picking up trash from the busy Fourth of July weekend, the City ...
Good News on PB Beaches, PB in SD MediaProgram Participants Pay $40 Fee, Complete Five Hours Of Community Service A new community service program launched on Tuesday gave people the opportunity to erase their violations and misdemeanors in exchange for cleaning up Pacific Beach. The program, which is called “Instant Justice,” allows certain people who received citations over the Fourth of July holiday ...
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Focus on alcohol-related and other safety issues in Pacific Beach, California What’s going on? There are many residents, businesses and civic groups struggling with alcohol-related issues in our community. This struggle is exacerbated by a noisy few bar and restaurant businesses that are intent on belittling those of us that are willing to spend countless ...
This video is of a variety of things seen yesterday, Saturday evening in Pacific Beach… All after 12:30 am no less. Double-click video to see full screen and Esc to return to this page. Here’s some questions one might consider: When people are urinating on business storefronts who is negatively affected? The bar patrons or ...
Check out the story at Channel 10 News featuring a film shot in PB over about a 6 month period here: Source: 10News.com Here’s a radio interview with myself as well as with two bar owners who serve on Discover PB’s Hospitality Task Force leading the charge to resist any change. The interview begins near ...
To help put beach alcohol-issues today in perspective of our recent history here’s a summary of events from 1990-2007 that were featured in the San Diego Union Tribune. All of these stories are on this website so please use our calendar drop-down in the right column to select the stated month to find the actual ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, Beach Ordinance, The ProblemsThe San Diego Parks and Recreation Department has again reviewed Kate O. Sessions Park as it relates to allowing alcohol consumption there. Neighbors have complained of many problems including public urination (in front of their kids), drunkenness, partiers trashing the place, using city water without authorization (for their slippery slides?) and a number of other ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, Drunk in Public, Kate Sessions Park, Local Laws
The conditional use permit is a tool the City of San Diego already uses for off-sale liquor licenses, typically beer, wine and liquor stores. The CUP includes rules such as the store must keep graffiti from their building, maintain the cleanliness of the area around their store as well as a variety of other rules ...
We were told San Diego beaches would be dried up – visitors would leave in droves – during the beach alcohol debate and ballot measure. We told of record numbers of tourists and beachgoers when alcohol was removed. Turns out the latter was spot-on. In 2009 San Diego enjoyed nearly 20% more beach visitors – ...
Beach OrdinanceTomorrow Pacific Beach will make the Wall Street Journal – discussing the unintended consequences of people exploiting a new law (beach alcohol ban) with a loophole where bathers are able to drink off-shore. The reporter Conor Dougherty spent weeks doing interviews over the phone with residents and city officials and visited San Diego to see ...
Beach Ordinance, Floatopia, PB in National MediaKPBS did an interview to discuss the alcohol issues in Pacific Beach with Scott Chipman from the PB Planning Group, Andra Brown from the San Diego Police, Jennifer Hill from the ABC and Eric Ligenfelder from the Tavern, a local bar.
Alcohol Culture in PB, Commentary, CUP/DAO, SolutionsReporting on the PB Town Council meeting last night: There were obviously many (i.e. estimated 25 minimum) new ‘members’ (in the strictest sense of the word) attending what looked like their first PB Town Council meeting. Coincidentally, where the issue of the Shore Club was on the agenda, many of these new ‘members’ said they ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, Alcohol Licensees, Alcoholic Beverage Control, Bars and Restaurants, Business District, Commentary, CUP/DAO, Liquor StoresThe Pacific Beach Planning Group (PBPG) held a public forum tonight where the Alcohol License Review Committee (ALRC) could present evidence of a system that appears to be broken. Here are the three presentations. Also, see below for the video of the entire 1.5 hour meeting so you can understand more and stay involved. Here ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, Alcoholic Beverage Control, CUP/DAO, Solutions, The ProblemsSAN DIEGO — An estimated 800,000 peopled headed to San Diego-area beaches during the three-day Memorial Day weekend, and the impact of local and tourist dollars has been felt by local businesses. On Monday, several Pacific Beach businesses put up the welcome signs for locals and tourists heading to the beach on a sunny day. ...
Business District, Good News on PB Beaches, HolidaysSan Diego: Police conducted a DUI checkpoint in Pacific Beach and arrested 13 people Saturday night. The checkpoint was set up on Grand Avenue near Noyes street in front of Mission Bay High School about 9 p.m. and ran until 2:30 a.m., said Officer Mark McCullough. Of the 1.126 drivers that passed through, 40 were ...
Checkpoints, Designated Drivers, Drunk Drivers, Party BusesPacific Beach DUI checkpoints shown in red yield far more drunk drivers than most San Diego areas. Click the image for an enlarged image or click here for a PDF. Checkpoints are often seen as high-visibility reminders and not necessarily the most effective enforcement opportunity, i.e. compared to saturation patrols. However, in my limited-knowledge opinion ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, Business District, Commentary, Drunk Drivers, Local LawsAre bars liable for what person does after leaving their establishment? It depends.From my understanding they definitely could be if the person was a minor. Here’s two interpretations from different sources. n. a statute (Dram Shop Act) or case law in 38 states which makes a business which sells alcoholic drinks or a host who ...
Alcohol Licensees, Drunk in Public, Local LawsIn Memory Of Those Murdered or Critically Injured by Drunk Drivers in Pacific Beach This website was created to honor the memory of the many people who have been killed or critically injured by drunks, especially drunk drivers, who were drinking in Pacific Beach the day of their crime. Enough is enough. As a community ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, Binge Drinking, Business District, Commentary, Crime and Safety, Drunk Drivers, Local Laws, The ProblemsSAN DIEGO — A man described as a designated driver was in custody Monday, booked for alleged DUI and vehicular manslaughter, following a fiery crash that killed a man in Torrey Pines, police said. Michael Patrick Landri was driving an Infiniti G35 that rear-ended a Volkswagen Passat at Genesee Avenue and Torrey Pines Road around ...
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(San Diego) Thanks to the alcohol-free policy on San Diego City Beaches, underage drinking citations have been reduced by 29 percent citywide, according to police data. “For three years before the beaches went alcohol-free, police wrote about 1,400 citations every year to minors in possession of alcohol,” said Kathleen Lippitt of North City Prevention Coalition. ...
Last call has come and gone for those fighting a booze ban on San Diego beaches, and it looks as if few options remain. San Diego voters Tuesday approved Proposition D, which permanently bans alcohol from city beaches and waterfront parks, and those on both sides of the measure say opponents of the prohibition are ...
Beach OrdinanceHere’s a news report from KUSI News Television including an interview with a lifeguard about the beach alcohol ban.
Beach OrdinanceClick here for a full audio link to this story. These Days with Tom Fudge Today, if you were planning to take a six-pack to Torrey Pines State Beach, just south of Del Mar, you need to change your plans. That’s because today is the first day of a year-long ban on the use of ...
Beach OrdinanceI was able to participate in a four-day training called the Alcohol Policy 14 on January 27-30th, 2007. This Alcohol Policy conference series was intended to “explore, develop and advance public policy approaches to the prevention of alcohol problems in order to promote evidence-based strategies and to bring public focus to the need for alcohol ...
CUP/DAOA Bakersfield man who attacked and raped a woman after she left a Pacific Beach bar was sentenced Monday, March 17, to six years in state prison. Hosh Deion Thomas, 24, was visiting friends in Pacific Beach when he struck up a conversation with a woman in her 20s at The Tavern bar on Dec. ...
Assault, Bars and Restaurants, Designated DriversChet Barfield. The San Diego Union – Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Oct 12, 2007. pg. B.2 SAN DIEGO — San Diego State University and a Pacific Beach business group launched a campaign yesterday intended to reduce drinking and driving. The merchant association Discover Pacific Beach said at least 20 bars and restaurants in Mission Beach ...
Alcohol Task Force, Bars and Restaurants, Drunk DriversChet Barfield. The San Diego Union – Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Oct 11, 2007. pg. B.1 SAN DIEGO — Those who want a booze ban on San Diego beaches won a preliminary round yesterday in what is certain to be a contentious battle ahead. After two hours of sharply divided arguments from a packed audience, ...
Beach OrdinanceI think our Mayor and Police Chief are mistaken. That is, I think allowing alcohol on our beaches is a year-round public safety issue to both residents, guests from around the region and tourists from around the world. With all due respect, and based on my understanding of this policy, punishing the local beach communities ...
Beach OrdinanceCouncil Presidents Scott Peters said yesterday that he will likely endorse banning alcohol on the beach, tipping a City Council majority in favor of a proposal that has gained momentum since beachgoers clashed with police on Labor Day. The ban being proposed by Councilman Kevin Faulconer would ban drinking year-round at all of the beaches ...
Beach OrdinanceThis letter to the editor was made today by the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Fl: Rosalie Schwartz’s letter (Sept. 14) about alcohol-free beaches made some good points about the issue of alcohol on the public beaches. However, I need to respond to her statement that “Our beach areas are inundated with out-of-towners who see San ...
Beach OrdinanceThe debate over cold ones on the sand heats up after Labor Day incident, but the prospects of a beach booze ban still look tipsy. By EVAN McLAUGHLIN Voice Staff Writer – VoiceofSanDiego.org Like so many holiday weekends before, the sands of Pacific Beach were packed this Labor Day. Lifeguard towers barely poked through a ...
Beach OrdinanceLast week, we asked whether you thought booze should be banned from San Diego city beaches. Based on your calls, surf and suds shouldn’t go together. Take a look. 73% Yes, ban alcohol 27% No, don’t ban alcohol TOTAL RESPONSES: 1,957
Beach OrdinanceDrinking at the beach and in the stands I disagree with your editorial (“Beach booze ban?/Voters should have final say — again,” Sept. 7) questioning whether alcohol on public beaches should be prohibited. Presumably your editorial board was not at Pacific Beach on Labor Day when drunk and disorderly hooligans (once again) took over the ...
Beach OrdinancePublished: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:48 AM PDT After a few days of collecting quotes from around City Hall for an upcoming story on the alcohol ban at beaches proposed by Councilman Kevin Faulconer, the votes are beginning to come into focus. Of the eight council members, four, including Faucloner, said they will support a ...
Beach OrdinancePublished: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:25 PM PDT A spokesman for Mayor Jerry Sanders said he would probably veto an everyday, round-the-clock alcohol ban at beaches in Pacific Beach, Mission Beach and Ocean Beach, as Councilman Kevin Faulconer proposed last week. Sanders spokesman Fred Sainz said a ban on the three significant summer holidays — ...
Beach OrdinanceChet Barfield. The San Diego Union – Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 9, 2007. pg. B.1 The San Diego Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division is investigating complaints about the actions of some officers during the Labor Day melee at Pacific Beach, Chief William Lansdowne said. Internet postings allege that some officers used excessive force, arrested ...
Beach OrdinanceThe San Diego Union – Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 7, 2007. pg. B.8 As the City Council considers a sweeping prohibition against alcohol at San Diego’s beaches, it should be mindful of the voters’ repudiation of a much more limited booze ban five years ago. Ample public hearings are essential to devising a workable ...
Beach OrdinanceChet Barfield, Joe Hughes. The San Diego Union – Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 5, 2007. pg. B.1 SAN DIEGO — The rowdy drunks might have finally spoiled the party for everyone else. Revisiting the site of Monday’s melee at Pacific Beach, San Diego Councilman Kevin Faulconer yesterday vowed to introduce a proposal to ban ...
Beach OrdinanceDavid E Graham. The San Diego Union – Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 4, 2007. pg. B.2 PACIFIC BEACH — A melee broke out on the beach yesterday afternoon as people started throwing plastic bottles and cans at police officers who were called to break up a large fight. Sixteen people were arrested on charges ...
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